Passing Variable (was How to add product size)
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texte = Am seeking advice on passing a size variable to the shopping cart as a follow up....Grant responded to my question of Oct 22 about adding a product size option to my form for products that have more than one size (see response below). I was doing #3, but #2 makes more sense!But am having problems passing the selected size from my product page to the shopping cart. I'm calling the form variable size -- i.e.,
and then on the shopping cart I'm trying to show the size immediately after the product name; i.e.,[ProductName] ([size]).Am getting the value showing up on the shopping cart sometimes (Size7 instead of Size 7), and other times am simply getting the name of the variable (i.e., size ).I suspect there's a problem in my HTML form programming (admittedly not my strong suit)...any advice on getting this straightened out, please? I've spent too many hours on this this, it's getting late, and won't see any of Monday Nite Football if this continues! :-(Thanks in advance,Dale dstokdyk@dvs.mv.com------------------------------------------------------------------------Grant's response:Depending on how many variations you have, this can go several ways. In all cases, I recommend using [include] to help you maintain consistency throughout your site.1) All products that are sizeable use the exact same list of sizes, and you have a database field called [needsSize] that is 'T' or 'F' if the product needs a size popup. - --- SizePopup.inc --- Size 5 Size 6 Size 7 Size 8 Then use [ShowIf [needsSize]=T][include SizePopup.inc][/Showif]2) There are just a few different lists of sizes Create SizePopup1.inc, SizePopup2.inc, SizePopup3.inc, each of which have the unique lists of sizes in them. Add a field to the database called [SizeType] that indicates which type of size poup it needs, 1, 2 or 3Then use [ShowIf [needsSize]=T][include SizePopup[SizeType].inc][/ShowIf]3) There is a huge variety of size lists, basically unique to each product Either put the literal HTML for the whole popup into a field in the database, or create a related database (linked by SKU) that has all the size listings in it for each SKU.Grant Hulbert, V.P. Engineering
Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:and then on the shopping cart I'm trying to show the size immediately after the product name; i.e.,[ProductName] ([size]).Am getting the value showing up on the shopping cart sometimes (Size7 instead of Size 7), and other times am simply getting the name of the variable (i.e., size ).I suspect there's a problem in my HTML form programming (admittedly not my strong suit)...any advice on getting this straightened out, please? I've spent too many hours on this this, it's getting late, and won't see any of Monday Nite Football if this continues! :-(Thanks in advance,Dale dstokdyk@dvs.mv.com------------------------------------------------------------------------Grant's response:Depending on how many variations you have, this can go several ways. In all cases, I recommend using [include] to help you maintain consistency throughout your site.1) All products that are sizeable use the exact same list of sizes, and you have a database field called [needsSize] that is 'T' or 'F' if the product needs a size popup. - --- SizePopup.inc --- Size 5 Size 6 Size 7 Size 8 Then use [ShowIf [needsSize]=T][include SizePopup.inc][/Showif]2) There are just a few different lists of sizes Create SizePopup1.inc, SizePopup2.inc, SizePopup3.inc, each of which have the unique lists of sizes in them. Add a field to the database called [SizeType] that indicates which type of size poup it needs, 1, 2 or 3Then use [ShowIf [needsSize]=T][include SizePopup[SizeType].inc][/ShowIf]3) There is a huge variety of size lists, basically unique to each product Either put the literal HTML for the whole popup into a field in the database, or create a related database (linked by SKU) that has all the size listings in it for each SKU.Grant Hulbert, V.P. Engineering
Dale Stokdyk
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